Real-time PCR using SYBR Green for the detection of Shigella spp. in food and stool samples

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-59

  Mokhtari, W ^a,b   Nsaibia, S ^a   Gharbi, A ^a   Aouni, M ^b  

^a Laboratoire Régional de Santé Publique de Nabeul   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Food; IpaH; Real time PCR; Shigella detection; Stool; SYBR Green

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL ASSAY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGELLA; SYBR GREEN; TEMPERATURE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGELLA;

NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84869866376     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: 10961194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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